White House: No "actionable intelligence" in advance about Libya attack

September 14, 2012|Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's administration said on Friday there was no "actionable intelligence" in advance about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya.

White House spokesman Jay Carney also said at a daily news briefing that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's criticism of the administration response to the attacks on diplomatic compounds in the Middle East was factually wrong and an attempt to score political points.